A 3-week course on how to improvise quick math games with your kids (birth to five).

In our very successful previous classes, we showed quite a few games for teaching advanced math concepts to young children in a relaxing and fun way that engages the entire family. This time around, we will teach you how to create your own games that fit your child’s unique interests and learning preferences. We will give you the confidence to improvise and create math games on the fly. The class is a cooperative, peer-to-peer gathering of adventurous grown-ups who want to enjoy advanced math with babies, toddlers and young kids. Think of it more like a get-together at your favorite coffee shop than a “prim and proper” class.

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posted message: Hi All,
we've got some good news and some not so good news. The not so good news is that we are going to stop the Moebius Noodles Improv course. Why? Mostly because we don't think the format we've chosen is working out. How do we know that? Well, we don't know for sure, but since we haven't gotten much feedback on the first two tasks, we assume we didn't do a good job presenting them.
And that's where the good news comes in. We will be re-designing this course and will re-launch it shortly. But we need a bit of help. Please let us know what would you like to see in our improved course. What prevented you from fully participating? You can comment on the Activity Wall or you can send us an e-mail at droujkova@gmail.com. Thank you!

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Without a definite timeframe, things tend to languish on my "that sounds great, I'll get to it one day" pile!

Also, don't know whether this would be practical, but I'd love to have a central place where people who wish to could post their answers/ideas/comments/pictures. That way if I need some extra ideas or motivation I could browse through the posts from people who have already completed that task.

Hmm I'm still trying to figure out this site. I don't find it very well suited to a class as far as I can tell. Plus, I have been very busy lately.

Some thoughts and suggestions:

I know P2PU is all about work at your own pace, but this course, for me at least, is about learning and sharing together. With that thought in mind prominent dates for starting and finishing each task would be nice. By promenent I mean in the title.

I don't know if it is a part of P2PU but having a reminder sent via email with task and timesline each week would be nice.

Having a class front page with direct links and previews of tasks on one side and discussions on the other. Again this is aformatting thought on the P2PU site.

Perhaps my teaching is showing through, but goals or objectives for each activity. What do we want the child to learn.

These are good questionsthoughts on discussion:

1. What is your child’s scale? What is your scale?

2.What else do you notice about live mirrors?

3. Which math words did you use as you played?

but also add

What did you child learn, in his or her own words?

Have you child explain the activity?

Have your child teach someone else how to do the activity, or why to do it, or make a "how to" video.

Exactly what Sandy said! Sandy, we must be in similar situations. I have 3 boys under 5, and time to do stuff at home is limited and a long list of activities waiting. Since we make sure to do enough activities out in social settings, sometimes it actually seems easier for us to attend a class for something like this. we have so many school things to do at home already. lots of out things to do too, but this is so worthwhile would like to figure how to work it in somehow! thanks for this and everythign you do~!

From our end it's simply having many classes and activities for our three children this fall, and not having as much time as we'd like free to participate as actively as we want in wonderful projects like this. I didn't at all think there was anything lacking, but I only have a few hours periodically to even look at my emails, based on my mommy's helper's hours available. Thank you and we hope it can continue; we are trying to shave down some classes for the winter.